Category: Aerospace Engineering
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A smarter way to design rocket engines that don’t blow up
Researchers seek to understand a problem that has haunted the space program since Apollo: a flame inside the rocket engine that literally spirals out of control.
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Queen of the hurricanes: An engineer and feminist for the ages
Elsie MacGill, the world’s first female aircraft designer, drew strength from the women who came before her.
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Michigan Solar Car defends national title in sweeping victory
The University of Michigan Solar Car team has successfully defended their championship – winning the 2016 American Solar Challenge for the sixth consecutive time.
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Michigan Solar Car defends national title in sweeping victory
The University of Michigan Solar Car team has successfully defended their championship – winning the 2016 American Solar Challenge for the sixth consecutive time.
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Michigan design selected for NASA’s NextSTEP toward a crewed Mars mission
The spacecraft engine that will help take humans to Mars may be based on a University of Michigan prototype.
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High-tech robotics center coming to U-Michigan
The U-M Board of Regents approved the College of Engineering’s new robotics building project on April 16. The three-story, 100,000-square-foot facility is slated for Hayward Street just east of the Space Research Building on North Campus.